Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impetuously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: im-petu-ous-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an impetuous manner; with sudden force

Example Sentences

"And downe the shower impetuously doth fall, Like that which men the Hurricano call..."
"But it was recollected that he had killed the second one rather impetuously with a mallet, and altogether in such an unneat and bungling manner as to excite considerable comment; […]"
"The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity - the problems of ageing, of invaded privacy, of becoming vain and impetuously adopting children from other continents."

Etymology

Etymology tree English impetuous Middle English -ly English -ly English impetuously From impetuous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more impetuously (comparative) most impetuously (superlative)

Synonyms

violently rashly impulsively

Questions

What does impetuously mean?: In an impetuous manner; with sudden force
Where does impetuously come from?: Etymology tree English impetuous Middle English -ly English -ly English impetuously From impetuous + -ly.

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